Plus a common alternative to "hard drive" was "hard disk."
replyMy late father never quite got out of the habit of calling it the "Winchester" - itself a nickname for a specific IBM drive model.
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replyMore modern hard disks included the drive mechanism in one unit.
replyThey used to be separate, so you would mount the hard disk on the drive to make it accessible.
Yeah, we used to have a couple of the removable phoenix platters knocking around.
replyOf course now everything tends to be solid state even terms like "drive" are becoming less common.